I couldn’t find my “before” pictures, but here are the “afters.” I probably don’t look a ton different, but anybody following asking knows I spent half the winter continuing to gain, and have been cutting weight since March 1. I am not unhappy with where I’ve ended up, and have definitely added some good weight in good places.
Legs back and shoulders looking particularly good. Nice job mate,
I’ve got your befores - you’ve made huge visual progress!
Thanks guys!
Great job! And you don’t look stoned 
Haha not in these pictures, anyway!
You all smashed it! Like seriously smashed it.
Well done, one and all!
Pretty happy with where I’m sitting at the end of this challenge:
I had no particular goals coming in—I’ve just been lifting some weights and doing some conditioning, pretty much like always.
But the biggest win?
On Saturday morning, I had occasion to put on my suit for the first time in who knows how long, and it was tight in all the right places and loose in all the others! (I confess I was a bit too proud of that fact, but we’ll just keep that between us…)
Seriously, though, I couldn’t button the top button of the dress shirt, and my collar’s been the same size since my senior year of high school. And not by just a little, either—it felt a bit like this:
So yeah, that was good for my ego, and think I’m just gonna keep on keepin’ on!
Can’t wait to see what the August check-in brings for us all!
Thanks man! Glad to have you as a source of inspiration. Deep Water definitely necessitated some change, terrible terrible change but it was absolutely transformative
Neck gainz for the win. Love it
@TrainForPain closing entries:
Edit: looks like I missed the cutoff to upload? Not a big deal as I don’t think I was in the running to win somehow!
Don’t think anyone is going to cry over a couple of days. Good work and good job you for finishing.
I’m starting to put together the voting thread. Any more after pictures out there??
Edit: down 2lbs today, despite eating more yesterday at a cookout. Makes -23 for the challenge.
Nice!
Ok, everyone, I started drafting out the voting thread so I could understand how hard it would be. I’ll definitely get it done by tonight (after work) and will let it run the rest of the week.
So: this is your final call to get your after pictures in!
You all did incredibly hard work and I don’t want anyone to miss the chance to show it off.
Tagged you last month on this. Just making sure you have. Thanks
Yup - I got you; thanks!
Update to my above after post regarding blood work:
A1c dropped from 7.6 to 6.3 (significant improvement and considered “controlled” now)
Everything else except ALT was normal. ALT elevated at 62 (waiting to hear from my doc on that one). Mine is always on the top end of normal or slightly above but I think (IIRC) this is higher than its been in awhile.
A1c improvement for me was the biggest win over the physique improvements. Since I am diabetic having that under control will be one of the determining factors in my quality of life/longevity as I get older.
That’s incredible - great work
Time to vote!
Will have some this afternoon.